OK YOU KNOW WHAT?!

...we have to go thru out speech no matter what happens we're recorded, we're graded, and we don't care if you're getting mad but dont get personal with us - we're trying to make money too.

i had enough assholes on the phone today to start a concentration camp.

OK YOU KNOW WHAT?!

...we have to go thru out speech no matter what happens we're recorded, we're graded, and we don't care if you're getting mad but dont get personal with us - we're trying to make money too.

i had enough assholes on the phone today to start a concentration camp.

i'm not speaking to any of you anymore.

Last night. The phone rings. Like a fool, I answer it.



ME: Hello?

TELEMARKETER: Hello, my name is Schmoey Schmoe Schmoe, and I'm calling on behalf of Ass Bank to talk with you a little bit tonight about what we can offer you in terms of mortgage loans.

ME: I don't own, I rent.

TELESATANIST: Oh. Are you thinking about buying?

ME: No. Not really. KTHX, bye -

TELEDUMBASS: Maybe if you let me talk to you for a moment about our mortgage -

ME: Why, so I can put you on hold while I close on a new house?

TELEDRIP: I don't think that would be very realistic.

ME: Neither is this call!

:click:

Anx said:

don't be shy! tell us how you really feel. i'm on the 'do not call' list, which actually helps a bit. BUT the newest telemarketing gimmick, aimed at getting around this restriction, is where they call and leave a message on the answering machine that goes something like this: "This call is from joe smith. This message is for jane smith. I have some very important news for you. You will be sorry if you do not return my call at 1-800-1234567. Please let me know if you received this message."

for anyone who is gullible enough to return the call and dial the number, that person has 'made contact' and is therefore open game even if they are on the do not call list.

telemarketing sucks, imo

I screen all my calls and I never answer them if it says "unknown". That's a sure sign of a telemarketer calling. If I do get caught by them on occasion, I immediately interrupt and say no thank you, goodbye and I hang up.

I hate telemarketing companies. I realize the caller is only doing his/her job, but I don't give them any of my time. I wish they would all go away.

if by chance i do answer my phone

and by chance it's one of those kind

i usually laugh hard at them and tell them NOT to call back until they can pronounce my name correctly why would i even bother to think of buying their shit when they cant even pronounce my name

usually leaves them speechless and i hang up

My aunt told me that if they give out information to the wrong person that they could be fired. She pulled this stunt on a telemarketer one time.Her name is Linda and that's who they asked for, so she kept letting them talk on, and about half way through the conversation she told them that her name was Lydia instead of Linda. She said they got pissed with her and hung up The next time one of them calls, I think I'm gonna pull that stunt.

I get close to 5 calls a night. Usually they are for the partner (who never answers the phone). One time I got fed up and actually talked to someone who would not talk to me or tell me what it was in regards to. I said "You either tell me why you are calling...with a private number or I am hanging up".

Normally If I don't hear a person on the other end right away I hang up. But still I get a bunch every night and it sucks the big one!

MickG said:

Unfortunately, that is not true. I still get bothered and I've registered and re-registered with the 'do not call' list.

SammiJ said:

I like SammiJ. She seems like a hip cool chick. I in return am very nice to her here. I find it ironic, that she could have been one that had called me and I treated them in such a way to piss them off or make them cry. I've been quoted as saying "Get up now, walk out and find yourself a real job and stop scumming off other peoples joy". I've so pissed or hurt their feelings that one time one even had to call me back to tell me "fuck you". LOL ...